Post #3257595
2026-05-28 16:10 UTC
@linuxandyarn@hachyderm.io @unlambda@hachyderm.io @dramforever@mastodon.social More importantly, there are a zillion password generator websites that generate the password *locally* in JS, which makes them infinitely more trustable than what DDG is doing.
I would go as far as saying that DDG feature is appalling, and should not exist as implemented. It makes me want to stop using it as my default search engine. No responsible website should ever even attempt to implement a password generator like that. That's exactly what brought us to the mess I mentioned in OP.
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@lina@vt.social 2026-05-28 16:17
@linuxandyarn@hachyderm.io @unlambda@hachyderm.io @dramforever@mastodon.social Without doing a full audit, the top 5 results on DDG for "password generator" look local, judging by latency (checking on phone, too lazy to pull up DevTools on a PC and check properly). It really is irresponsible to implement a password generator site in any other way.
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@natty@astolfo.social 2026-05-28 16:42
@lina@vt.social @linuxandyarn@hachyderm.io @unlambda@hachyderm.io @dramforever@mastodon.social ironically enough it's probably generated on some Azure server or whatever